I go through life
day in and day out
doing and feeling
and feeling and doing
happy-sad-mad-glad
stimulus-driven
by my current state of being
Sometimes I stop
and think about what
I am thinking about
I think about my feelings
and discover they are my facts
My truth is what is real for me
My world revolves around me
I go through life
day in and day out
Until I am jolted by life shocks
Some throw me off balance
Some confront me as rude awakenings
These are times when my expectation
of how the world should be – according to me
Is not the way the world chooses to be
and I am slapped in the face
It is in these times I have to think
about what I am thinking about
Revisiting my rules and regulations
The way the world should always behave
In these times of quite reflection
When I notice myself in the world
I slowly separate fact from fiction
I slowly separate true from false from don’t-know
I notice the ‘should’ and ‘must’ and ‘always’
In these times of honest reflection
I am guided by the counsellor of my soul
Who imbues me with divine grace
To experience the world with kindness
Kindness to others and kindness to myself
When I notice the world
I notice God is working
To heal and perfect us all
by his grace in his time
When I notice God
Then I notice Love
When I notice Love
Then I notice Life
# Reflecting on ‘more to life’ principles